9 August 2017 / Simon Sjöberg About 2 weeks ago my boss called me and needed my attendance in New York for a day. Since SAS has later flights during the day they all land after 1 pm and forward since this was not a option for this time, my choice went to United Airlines and the new Polaris Business Class concept. United has a morning flight departing 9:10 am from Arlanda and arrives Newark airport 11:50 am. Check in was smooth, however I immediately notice a much higher security check while standing in line compared to flying SAS out from Stockholm. Staff from United walked around asking ..read more

ANA First Class Squares - Boeing 777-300ER 8 June 2017 / Simon Sjöberg A few month ago I got once again the oppirtonity to fly with ANA in first class on board there Boeing 777-300ER out from Tokyo Haneda. I have had one earlier experience with ANA first class so my expectation was set really high for todays flight to London Heathrow.  My flight was scheduled to depart at 11:40 am so I arrived about 2 hours before depature to the airport check in. I had the day before arrived from Beijing so I had one night in Tokyo before heading back to Europe again, at this time I needed to check in tw ..read more

I managed a quick visit to this lounge upon my departure from Pyongyang, North Korea. The lounge itself was not really special. It had a assortment of fruit, snacks and drinks. The only way to get in to this lounge is basically flying Business Class with Air Koryo or Air China on those few occasions they fly to Pyongyang during summertime. The staff was friendly and spoke good English and payed very much attention to the customers needs. However I would have liked a hot food option for breakfast, but I can understand why they don't have it since my flight was the only flight out from the airpo ..read more

Air Koryo Economy - Tupolev-Tu204 1 June 2017 / Simon Sjöberg A few months ago I got the opportunity to visit one of the most closed countries in the world, North Korea. The country also refer to DPRK has a state owned airline by the name Air Koryo which took me from Beijing to the capital Pyongyang, a flight around 2 hours. Upon checking in the process was quick but the line to the counters was very special. As you can see there was a lot of luggage that was about to be checked in. I only traveled with one checked bag and carry-on so my process was quick. Since I was departing from Beijing a ..read more

Lufthansa First Class - Boeing 747-8 May 25, 2017/ Simon Sjöberg This is a part of a longer trip i did last year to Asia were I got the opportunity to use my well earned miles for a first class ticket on a few Star Alliance airlines. After a few re-bookings me and my friend ended up with a ticket that looked like this. Route: Stockholm - Frankfurt - Tokyo - Bangkok - Manila (and the same way back). We started from Stockholm Arlanda with a 6 hour connection in Frankfurt and a visit to Lufthansa First Class Terminal. Flying from Frankfurt to Tokyo Haneda and connection onward to Bangkok from To ..read more

For an even more detailled insight, watch my video on YouTube! After clearing security control I just turned right and went up an escalator. Here I was, the entrance to ANA’s Business Class lounge. I was greeted with a bow by ANA’s always-so-friendly staff. After showing my ticket I was granted access to the lounge. The lounge and the welcome desk were connected by a long hallway. ANA’s cooperation with Lucasfilm was visible at every corner, including in that hallway. Rare figures and models from the Star Wars series were displayed there, which was pretty cool (and unique)! Other Star Wars m ..read more

While the aircraft was taxiing into the parking position I was called to the gate for processing my upgrade. I was by far not the only one called to the gate desk that day, at least two dozens of people were called regarding their upgrades, seat changes and so on. The gate staff was very busy handling my flight but were able to statisfy every customer, including me. I was booked in Economy Class on my return flight as well, just like I was on my inbound flight to Chicago. But I managed to be upgraded into Business Class stand-by. And luckily the Business Class cabin was not completely ful ..read more

In June 2016 Austrian Airlines invited a bunch of Bloggers and Instagrammers, in marketing-terms "Social Media Influencers" to a great event called the MyAustrian Moment Tour. After a very informative tour through the hangars Austrian Airlines invited everyone to board a parked Boeing 777-200ER (OE-LPA) airplane which was parked on a remote stand. What happened then was a 4-hour-long experience I will never forget. A whole Business Class flight was reenacted, including a 3-course-meal. In this blog entry I will share my experience with you and tell you the pros and cons of flying in Business C ..read more

On June 22nd, 2016 Emirates 80th Airbus A380 was delivered. After a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, where Airbus' final assembly for the Airbus A380 aircrafts is located, the aircraft, registered A6-EUB, visited Vienna, Austria. Emirates will start using the Airbus A380 on a regular basis on one of its Dubai-Vienna-Dubai rotations on July 1st, 2016. Emirates took this chance to hold a big event for special guests, business partners and media representatives. And of course, we were there too! A snowglobe (a Viennese invention!) was given to Emirates as a welcome gift. Upon arrival all media repr ..read more

By David P. A warm and welcoming feeling right from the start. Last week I was travelling from Vienna to Berlin TXL with a six-hour layover in Copenhagen. I was travelling in Economy Class so I did not have complimentary lounge access but since the layover was that long I decided to pay for a lounge access voucher. Scandinavian Airlines offers lounge access to all Economy Class passengers travelling on a Star Alliance flight from or via Copenhagen Airport for 210 DKK (~28 EUR / ~32 USD). Of course it's free of charge for Business Class and Star Alliance Gold members.   INTERIOR The inter ..read more